Active Volunteer Opportunities
Park Road participates directly in the following programs:
Disaster Relief Volunteers
help Build jennifer’s house
We’re excited about the Labor Day weekend 2025 “All Hands on Deck” effort to begin building Jennifer’s House in Marshall, NC. Feel free to contact Dianne Mason or Donna Privette as soon as possible so we can plan more efficiently. You can get our contact information from Becka (info@ParkRoadBaptist.org) in the church office.
To volunteer click on the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4BA5A72DA3FCCF8-457769829-building#/
In the interest of boosting the economy in Mars Hill, you can also make a donation toward purchasing food and supplies. Just contribute as you normally would, and note that it’s for Jennifer’s House.
Supporting Our Schools Volunteers
Starmount Academy Volunteer Opportunities
Support Our Teachers: Sign Up to Help with Back-to-School Breakfest
Park Road has accepted the challenge of honoring the teachers at Starmount Academy of Excellence by providing breakfast for the teachers and staff on their first official day back. Our friends at Chick-fil-A on East Woodlawn (Tami Porter, Owner/Operator) have graciously agreed to donate chicken biscuits and fruit cups for each staff member. We need volunteers to sign up here to provide additional baked goods, fruit, and juice, or contribute a cash gift for purchasing coffee, etc. We will be serving about 55 teachers and staff. Please plan to bring your donated items to the church on Sunday, August 17 and deliver them to the kitchen in Helt Hall. We also need a couple more volunteers on the morning of Monday, August 18, at Starmount to set up and clean up afterwards, arriving at 7:30 am and done by 9 am. Click Here to Volunter.
Starmont Elementary Back-to-School Amazon Wishlist
It may be hard to believe, but in just a couple of weeks, CMS teachers will be heading back to school, readying their classrooms for their students in the new year ahead. We at PRBC have a wonderful opportunity to help make things a little easier for our friends at Starmount Elementary! Principal Collins has provided us with a link to Starmount’s Amazon wish list and would appreciate any donations our church family could make. It couldn’t be more simple! If you would like to support this effort, just click on the link provided, browse the list and make your selection. The beauty of this is that your gift will be sent directly to Starmount! Thanks in advance for your generosity! Click Here to see their wishlist.
Book Drive Volunteers: Book-A-Palooza 2025-2026 School year
Park Road has been partnering with Starmount Academy of Excellence (PreK-5) for over a year. Starmount is a CMS Title I school with a Hispanic population of over 70%. One of the premier events PRBC sponsors is a Book-A-Palooza event where students at Starmount will be able to select 3 new or like new books from our inventory to keep for themselves for free. Volunteers are needed to help transport the books from Park Road to Starmount and unpack them, to assist students in selecting books, and to pack up the remaining books, and to transport them back to church. Click Here to Volunteer
Room In The Inn Volunteers
help host at Myers Park United Methodist Church
Park Road has supported Roof Above's RITI program for several decades. This is a great opportunity for your family, Sunday School class, coworkers, and neighbors to come together and help some of the unhoused people in our city. This year, we will host at Myers Park United Methodist Church on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from December 2025 through March 2026. They are sharing their beautiful new facility with us on the nights when we will be offering our 12 unhoused guests a warm bed, a hot shower, a delicious evening meal, a quick breakfast and a bag lunch. On the dates when we host, we need 10-12 volunteers each night. Our first opportunity to host at MPUMC is fast-approaching. Please find a place where you can plug in to support this vital ministry.
Toiletries Request for Room in the Inn
We are fortunate to have a group of ladies who do an excellent job of creating a warm and welcoming environment for our Room in the Inn guests. One of the things they provide for our guests is a bag of toiletries. The contents of the bags are currently in short supply, and we will need 100 of each of the following items to get us through this Room in the Inn season: quart-sized zip-lock bags, individually wrapped toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, hand cream, bath soap (e.g. hotel soap), hand sanitizers, small Kleenex packages, pencils and notepads, and disposable razors. Please donate small, travel-sized items in Helt Hall or bring them to the church office.
Lunches at Roof Above
Roof Above (formerly Charlotte Men's Shelter and Urban Ministry Center) has reinstated their Saturday hot lunch program at the Men's Shelter (1210 N. Tryon Street). Park Road volunteers will prepare and serve lunch to shelter guests on the 2nd Saturday of every other month. The meal will be served from 12 until approximately 1:00. Meal preparation will begin at the shelter kitchen at 10:30. Currently, up to 8 volunteers will be allowed to participate at each lunch. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
Dates for 2025:
September 13
November 8
Hours: 10:30am to 1pm
LOCATION: 1210 North Tryon Street
Park Road also has these volunteer opportunities at various times of the year. Please call (704) 523-5717 or email info@parkroadbaptist.org the church office for more details on how you can become involved:
PRBC Needlers- A group of church members who share their knitting and sewing skills to create items for the needy, especially for babies and the elderly. Prayer shawls are presented to members of the church and the community who are experiencing difficult situations. Other projects include uniforms of for girls in Haiti, chemo hats, and lap quilts for Levine Children's Hospital and Hospice. Volunteers are needed to knit and sew. No prior experience is necessary – we can teach you.
Community Garden Team - Reach out to Laura Leach for more information - ParkRoadGarden@gmail.com
Caring Church Companions (formerly ICU) – Volunteer teams are created, as needed, to provide basic assistance to church members (from home maintenance to financial advice). Volunteers are placed on a list to be called when a need arises.
QC Family Tree - Periodically, we will assist with this Hospitality House in the Enderly Park area of Charlotte by providing and serving a community meal and/or helping with Household projects such as painting.
